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A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories.Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map.
Iowa is located along the eastern edge of Calcasieu Parish at (30.237433, -93.014191 The eastern border of the town is the Jefferson Davis Parish line.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Iowa has a total area of 3.17 square miles (8.22 km 2), of which 3.15 square miles (8.15 km 2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.07 km 2), or 0.80%, is water.
Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] is a state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.
As early as October 1831, the United States Postal Service recognized common abbreviations for states and territories. However, they accepted these abbreviations only because of their popularity, preferring that patrons spell names out in full to avoid confusion.
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From 1922 to 1978, it was also used on Iowa license plates [9] until it was replaced by the full county name. Finally, the number in the column headed "Map #" is used by the National Atlas of the United States, shown on the left; for purposes of the National Atlas, counties are numbered in geographical order beginning in the NW corner of the map.
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This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal district (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. [1] The water area includes inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes and territorial waters.